Question

The least common multiple of two numbers is 60, and one of the numbers is 7 less than the other number. What are the numbers? Justify your answer

Answer 1

To do this we need to find the factors of 60 these are:
1 and 60
2 and 30
3 and 20
4 and 15
5 and 12
6 and 10
There is 1 pair that have a difference of 7 and that is 5 and 12